Deloitte US

The US M&A and Restructuring (M&A/R) Offering Portfolio advises our client’s as they seek to change the nature of their business and competitive position in the market through inorganic means (acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, and joint ventures). By providing M&A and restructuring services from beginning to end, we bring a large scope of capabilities to the market with a focus on supporting the differentiated needs of private equity clients.

Recruiting for this role will end on 12/23/2024

Work you’ll do

As a Senior Manager, you will sell, lead and deliver complex strategic engagements that help our clients unlock value through inorganic growth and value creation. Senior Managers are expected to contribute to the firm's growth and development in a variety of ways. You will be responsible for engagement management:

• Partner with private equity clients as they evaluate their portfolio and engage in buy-side and sell-side inorganic opportunities.
• Evaluate portfolio company operations to identify key business issues and deploy innovative value creation solutions.
• Manage day to day interactions with executive clients and sponsors; participate and lead aspects of the proposal development process; contribute to the development of proposal pricing strategies.
• Own and present project deliverables that reflect a high standard of analysis.
• Execute on multiple projects concurrently and work with Manager-level personnel to ensure excellence in project work.
• Manage direct on-time, quality delivery of work products.
• Manage engagement economics and engagement risk.
• Mentor and develop staff through informal coaching and day-to-day project interactions.
• Improve internal processes and promote knowledge sharing in the team, by contributing to the community of practice, blogs, and other forms of market eminence.
• Develop "point- of-view" documents, participate in public speaking events and get published in industry periodicals.

The Team

Deloitte is the market leader in helping private equity firms and portfolio companies navigate complex challenges and environments to accelerate value. Our M&A solutions and services help private equity firms and their portfolio companies uncover, create, and drive value. The Private Equity M&A Strategy and Diligence Team serves as strategic advisors to private equity firms as they find ways to enhance investor return through activities such as portfolio rationalization analysis, market scans, diligence on the buy and sell side, and refining portfolio company operations. The Strategy and Diligence Practice is one of multiple practices within the M&A/R Portfolio that collectively bring together market leading capabilities across the M&A lifecycle.

Qualifications

• A candidate must have at least 6+ years of M&A or M&A Service Delivery Experience in the following areas:
  • Leading strategy and diligence (e.g., commercial, operational, carve-out etc.) engagements for large and/ or mid-market Private Equity (PE) clients and portfolio companies
  • Working with financial statements and complex models allowing for a strong understanding of where the numbers and data are flowing
  • Providing a broad continuum of advisory services to support mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, and partnerships including developing strategy, target scans, and commercial and operational diligence.
  • Partnering with senior executives to define how they employ M&A – in alignment with their corporate strategy.
  • Setting and leading engagement objectives by defining the scope, plan and budget.
  • Defining deliverable structure and content and facilitating buy-in of proposed strategies from top management levels at the client
  • Mobilizing and managing multiple engagement teams / workstreams.
  • Experience either in client service or in a consultative role (e.g., Corp Dev, Business Development, or Strategy).
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years consulting in a strategy consulting practice; alternatively, an MBA with 6+ years relevant work experience is acceptable.
• Ability to travel up to 50% on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred

• Experience at a top strategy consulting firm or private equity / M&A Strategy focused boutique consulting firm.
• Ideal candidates would have spent at-least 50% of their time advising PE clients Experience managing and interacting with C-Suite stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to apply practical experience with communications, culture, and change management.
• Ability to perform analysis and synthesize data into useful insights.
• Experience with staff development and eagerness to mentor junior practitioners.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS PowerPoint).
• An advanced degree (MBA; PhD; JD; MD; Masters) is preferred.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.